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A birthday celebration in honor of Betty Patrick will be held Saturday, March 16, from 1:30 p.m. till 3:30 p.m. at the Cynthiana First Church of God, 401 N. Main St.
Friends and family are invited to spend the afternoon and help her celebrate. No gifts please.
The celebration will be held in the Church Fellowship Hall. Please enter the Fellowship Hall from the church parking lot behind the church just off West Pearl Street.

The 2013 Extension Leadership Event will take place on Monday, March 18 at Harrison County High School. Registration will begin at 6 p.m. and dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. Please call the Extension Office no later than noon on March 15 to make your reservations.
This year’s speaker is Cynthiana’s own Amber Philpott. Philpott is an award-winning news anchor with WKYT. Her broadcast career began shortly after graduation from Morehead State University at WYMT in Hazard. She is living her dream as a television news journalist.

By Benita Peoples, Co. ext. agent
The Harrison County Homemakers will be hosting their yearly International Dinner on March 14 at 6 p.m. The event will be held at the Harrison County Extension Office.
They have chosen Haiti as their country of study. Warren and Claudia French will be the guest speakers at this year’s event. They both taught on the tiny island of Haiti for several years. Warren is the minister at Connersville Christian Church.

* Cynthiana Democrat, Feb. 13, 1969 -- “Phoenix, Ariz. -- Cudahy Company announced today that it has expanded its dairy operations in Kentucky with the acquisition of Kentucky Cardinal Dairies, a cheese manufacturing plant in Cynthiana.”
* Log Cabin, Nov. 11, 1906 -- advertisement “Anything from a bowl of soup to a fried chicken at Royal Restaurant. 40 Pike Street.”
* Henry David Thoreau -- “There is no remedy for love but to love more.”

Millersburg Garden Club is set for the year with a great lineup of programs, trips and important special events. The club welcomes two new members, Anita Clark and Jeanette Hughes, both of Carlisle. Officers of the club are Linda Gillespie, president; Phyllis Guthrie, vice president; Marilyn West, recording secretary; Elaine Deutsch, treasurer; and Wilma Cleaver, corresponding secretary.